oil and gas

A Kern County judge ruled that approval of California’s first operating carbon capture and storage project — a technology the state is counting on to meet its climate goals — violated state environmental law and must be set aside. Judge Marcos Camacho found that environmental review of California Resources Corp.’s TerraVault project, which Kern County […]

Affordability challenges are clashing with policies to slow climate change, causing a slowdown in California's major emissions reduction program.

Steve Hilton would suspend California’s carbon market. Xavier Becerra’s campaign hasn’t said what it would do.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is weighing a bill to make it harder for companies to use existing equipment in state waters for offshore drilling in federal waters.

California lawmakers are advancing an effort to preserve oil refinery safety rules that were designed to prevent fires, explosions and other catastrophes despite industry opposition.  The union-backed proposal, Senate Bill 966, would enshrine existing worker protections into state law as California regulators move to revise them in response to a legal settlement with the state’s […]

An overhaul of California's carbon auction program is forcing lawmakers to reduce spending and decide whether high-speed rail deserves $1 billion a year.

The California Supreme Court ruled that cities can’t make taxpayers complete extra procedures, handing Marathon Petroleum a win in its tax battle with Carson.

California’s first commercial carbon-storage project is operating even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law, 19 months after a key deadline.

The state has made billions of dollars in concessions for refineries, but that may not be enough to avoid their retirement. Some are more than 100 years old.

Newsom's longtime personal and political dealings with Big Oil include ties to the Getty family and several recent state regulation changes.